Eating healthy and exercising won't help you if it's only temporary.

Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.

In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.

Gratitude makes us feel bursting with delight, just to remember the gifts we have received. Thus we are doubly blessed when we receive something: for the gift itself and later, in recall, for the miracle of having been given it.

Like so many other positive acts, it turns out that hugging boosts our immune system. Plus it just plain feels good! So hug someone today, perhaps a person who seems particularly in need.

Gratitude connects us to others and feeling gratitude allows us to be our best selves. When we are truly grateful, we can count on living the life we want

At each level of gratitude our soul's capacity deepens, starting with contentment to meaningfulness, and finally, to pure joy.